food
The first couple of weeks at sea pirates eat meat, cheese, fresh veggies and eggs,. After that the food slowly started to go, rotten, That's why most of the food in storage was either dry beans, pickled food or salted food Food was lacking after a few months at sea. Chickens were kept for the eggs until they were eaten or died. Cows were kept for the milk until food for the cow had gone Then they would eat the cow
. Pirates were known to catch a sea turtle here and there which was a welcomed meal. Bones from everything was kept to make Pirate Bone Soup
Bombo / Bumboo a type of drink
Pirates drank bombo or bumboo, a mixture of rum, water, sugar, and nutmeg. Rumfustian was another popular drink that blended raw eggs with sugar, sherry, gin, and beer. Pirates also enjoyed beer, sherry, brandy, and port
Jelly boats recipe
Ingredients:
4 oranges
2 packets blue jelly
1 packet red jelly
1 packet green jelly
Method:
Slice the oranges in half and scoop out the flesh.
Make up the jelly as per the packet directions.
Use the 2 quantities of blue jelly to make the sea, pour into a clear rectangular container and refrigerate. Place the orange halves into a muffin tin and fill half with the green and half with the red jelly mixture. Refrigerate until set.
Make paper sales with rectangles of heavyweight paper and stick them on toothpicks to form a mast. When the jelly has set, slice oranges in half again to make quarters and place the paper sails into each quarter. Place boats on the blue sea and serve to a delighted crowd
jelly pool
Ingredients:
1 packet of blue jelly
1 packet of green jelly
8 fruit rings
8 Chicos babies
8 clear plastic cups
Method:
Make jellies according to packet directions.
Pour blue jelly into four cups and green jelly into four cups.
Allow to set overnight.
On the day of the party, push Chicos babies into fruit rings and place ‘swimmers’ on each jelly.
Keep in fridge until just before serving.
The first couple of weeks at sea pirates eat meat, cheese, fresh veggies and eggs,. After that the food slowly started to go, rotten, That's why most of the food in storage was either dry beans, pickled food or salted food Food was lacking after a few months at sea. Chickens were kept for the eggs until they were eaten or died. Cows were kept for the milk until food for the cow had gone Then they would eat the cow
. Pirates were known to catch a sea turtle here and there which was a welcomed meal. Bones from everything was kept to make Pirate Bone Soup
Bombo / Bumboo a type of drink
Pirates drank bombo or bumboo, a mixture of rum, water, sugar, and nutmeg. Rumfustian was another popular drink that blended raw eggs with sugar, sherry, gin, and beer. Pirates also enjoyed beer, sherry, brandy, and port
Jelly boats recipe
Ingredients:
4 oranges
2 packets blue jelly
1 packet red jelly
1 packet green jelly
Method:
Slice the oranges in half and scoop out the flesh.
Make up the jelly as per the packet directions.
Use the 2 quantities of blue jelly to make the sea, pour into a clear rectangular container and refrigerate. Place the orange halves into a muffin tin and fill half with the green and half with the red jelly mixture. Refrigerate until set.
Make paper sales with rectangles of heavyweight paper and stick them on toothpicks to form a mast. When the jelly has set, slice oranges in half again to make quarters and place the paper sails into each quarter. Place boats on the blue sea and serve to a delighted crowd
jelly pool
Ingredients:
Method:
Make jellies according to packet directions.Pour blue jelly into four cups and green jelly into four cups.
Allow to set overnight.
On the day of the party, push Chicos babies into fruit rings and place ‘swimmers’ on each jelly.
Keep in fridge until just before serving.